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Bangladesh prisons overcrowding 98,233 inmates

Prisons bursting at twice their capacities

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Bangladesh’s 75 prisons are holding 98,233 inmates against a combined capacity of 45,186, more than double the designed limit, putting severe pressure on accommodation and healthcare.
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China-bound brides: Deceived, drugged and trafficked

18 August 2026
A 19-year-old’s ordeal puts spotlight on cross-border brokers, alleged trafficking networks
18 August 2026
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Update / They drifted to their deaths over 11 days

17 August 2026
9 Bangladeshis, one Sudanese confirmed dead after Greece-bound boat drifts in Mediterranean for 11 days
17 August 2026
dandy addiction among women in Dhaka

Cheap adhesive addiction rising among women

14 August 2026
It was around 5:00pm on July 22. Seven to eight months pregnant, Parvin Akter, 20, sat near the Farmgate Metro Rail Station with three other women, lifting a polythene bag to her face every few seconds.
14 August 2026
Bangladesh Saudi Arabia passenger flight increase

Bangladesh-Saudi weekly flight entitlement rises to 84

14 August 2026
Saudi Arabia has opened the high-demand Bangladesh-Saudi air route wider under a new bilateral deal, giving Bangladeshi airlines more room to expand. But how much of that opportunity they can use will depend on whether they have enough aircraft.
14 August 2026
Bangladeshi workers killed in Saudi Arabia fire

A village in tears

11 August 2026
Moyna Begum had no electricity at home when her son Mohan Pramanik was calling from Riyadh as a fire tore through the sofa factory where he worked.
11 August 2026
Bank Resolution Amendment Act 2026 approved by cabinet

Door closes for errant ex-owners to reclaim banks

11 August 2026
Cabinet okays draft law allowing NHRC to issue interim orders
11 August 2026
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Biman flight from Toronto: 174 Bangladeshis stranded for over 33hrs in Rome

9 August 2026
At least 174 Bangladeshi passport holders, including elderly people, women and children, had been stranded at Rome’s Fiumicino International Airport for nearly 33 hours since landing there at 7:20am (Rome time) on Friday, after a technical glitch grounded a Biman Bangladesh Airlines aircraft.
9 August 2026
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10 held from ‘militant den’

Counter-terrorism police yesterday arrested 10 people – six women and four men – in a raid on a suspected militant hideout in Moulvibazar.
12 August 2023
Irregularities in Dhaka Central Jail

Dhaka Central Jail: Tk 37.5cr mishandled in just one year

In fiscal 2019-20, the Dhaka Central Jail authorities forked out Tk 9.11 crore to procure rice for inmates. That rice turned out to be unfit for consumption.
5 August 2023
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Govt won’t allow sit-ins, blockades

Law enforcers will conduct special drives to apprehend "troublemakers" and will not allow any illegal gathering on the streets, said officials
30 July 2023
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Drug smuggling, seizures soar in 2022

The smuggling of narcotics, including cocaine, Phensedyl, marijuana and crystal meth, increased substantially in 2022, shows data from the Department of Narcotics Control.
30 July 2023
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Violence in Dholaikhal: how things transpired

It was around 11 in the morning. Hundreds of BNP leaders and activists started to gather on one side of the road at Dholaikhal in Old Dhaka to stage a sit-in programme.Many were carrying sticks and soon started shouting anti-government slogans
29 July 2023
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BNP Rally Venue: Intelligence report behind police refusal

Dhaka Metropolitan Police yesterday denied BNP permission to hold its grand rally in front of its Nayapaltan headquarters or at the Suhrawardy Udyan on the grounds of public suffering on a working day.
26 July 2023
High Court urged to dismiss Awami League ban petition

July 27 Rallies: AL plans tight rein on the capital

The Awami League will mobilise its activists across Dhaka city from early tomorrow in a bid to tighten its grip on the capital, fearing the BNP and its like-minded parties may bring the city to a standstill by sparking off untoward incidents.
25 July 2023
Road Accidents

Road Accidents: Casualties keep mounting for indiscipline

Indiscipline continues to reign supreme on the roads, taking a heavy toll on lives and properties, as the government’s steps to address the malaise remain perfunctory, experts said.
22 July 2023
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Tackling opposition movement: Police looking to revive old cases

As the BNP and 35 other like-minded parties are set to launch a one-point movement to oust the government, the Police Headquarters is collecting data on all the cases against opposition activists and leaders.
10 July 2023
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Killing a constable for drug money

It was early Saturday. Traffic constable Moniruzzaman Talukder had just returned to Dhaka from Sunamganj after celebrating Eid at his village home.
3 July 2023
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Militants using jails to recruit operatives

Taking advantage of gaps in surveillance, incarcerated militant leaders have been forming new outfits and recruiting members inside and outside prisons.
3 July 2023
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7 Years of holey artisan attack: Caught in the eye of the storm

The silence was unusual for a place otherwise bustling with activities. It reminded one of the calm before a storm, of ominous signs of danger. Even then, nobody in their wildest imagination could measure the devastation and bloodshed it would lead to.
2 July 2023
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The prison meet that led to Jama’atul Ansar

A top leader of the militant outfit  Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islam (Huji) instructed Shamin Mahfuj to establish and initiate the formation of a new militant faction, which later became known as Jama’atul Ansar Fil Hindal Sharqiya.
26 June 2023
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‘The unholy agreement’

The newly-formed militant outfit, Jama’atul Ansar Fil Hindal Sharqiya, has exclusively designated Kuki-Chin National Front (KNF), an armed group operating in the Chattogram Hill Tracts, as its sole supplier of firearms.
25 June 2023
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Cattle smugglers swing into action ahead of Eid

Amid a ban on cattle import, smuggling from Myanmar and India continues unabated ahead of the Eid.
24 June 2023
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‘Brothers in crime’

Ruhul Amin and Rezaul Karim are two brothers from Cumilla’s Daudkandi.
21 June 2023
Barishal City Corporation elections

Barishal city quietly changes hands

Incumbent Barishal Mayor Serniabat Sadiq Abdullah is losing all his grip over the city after a new mayor was elected last week.
17 June 2023
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Eid Journey: Those bound for north may face hassle

Expansion work on highways, short holidays, and roadside cattle markets are likely to cause sufferings to north-bound Eid holidaymakers.
14 June 2023
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Win fails to bring joy to AL camp

Voter turnout was as low as 36 percent in neighbourhoods known as strongholds of incumbent Barishal Mayor Serniabat Sadiq Abdullah in Monday’s polls to the Barishal City Corporation, according to centre-wise voting results.
14 June 2023
Jamaat-e-Islami

Jamaat regroups by stealth

Contrary to the widespread perception that Jamaat-e-Islami has been on the wane for over the past 15 years, the Islamist party that actively opposed the birth of the nation is actually growing, according to intelligence and party documents.
14 June 2023

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